• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially acquired for approximately $29 million and sold for a combined $138 million, or up to $225,000 per bed/unit. Kandu also reinvested capital last year into new seniors housing assets in Indiana at less than $30,000 per unit.  It has found another value-add deal, acquiring the 64-unit Bickford of Rocky River in Rocky River, Ohio (Cleveland MSA), for around... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six locations across York, Adams and Franklin counties. In total, there are 553 independent living units, 261 personal care units and 244 skilled nursing beds and more than 1.2 million building square feet.  Operations could be improved, with occupancy at 82% at the time of marketing in summer 2025 but a substantial operating loss on more than $53 million... Read More »
AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market these days, and following a competitive process, ownership ultimately selected a buyer that partnered with a new operator looking to grow its footprint in Texas.  There were some challenges to bring the deal to closing, including fluctuating occupancy during diligence, but the deal successfully closed. In addition to leading the disposition,... Read More »
PACS Group Expands in Alaska

PACS Group Expands in Alaska

PACS Group has acquired its fourth building in the state of Alaska. At the beginning of the year, it was announced that the company acquired three seniors housing communities in the state from a seniors housing owner/operator that was represented by Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage (more on that deal can be found here on LevinPro LTC). SLIB also handled the sale of the fourth building. Independently operated subsidiaries of PACS Group have now acquired the operations of Ridgeway Senior Living, an assisted living community in Anchorage, Alaska, that was built in 2019 and has 92 beds. As part of the transaction, PACS acquired... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

Sabra Health Care REIT is ramping up its senior care M&A activity and its SHOP exposure, set to exceed the $450 million in investments it spent in 2025. The REIT completed several transactions during the first quarter, with investments closed year to date totaling $206.1 million, with an estimated initial cash yield of 8.0%. The pipeline includes an additional $200 million of managed seniors housing and skilled nursing investments awarded to Sabra with an estimated initial cash yield of approximately 8.2%, most of which is expected to close during the second quarter.  In the first quarter of this year, Sabra acquired three managed seniors housing communities and one skilled nursing... Read More »
Clarion Partners Continues Growing

Clarion Partners Continues Growing

Clarion Partners is continuing on its acquisition streak, adding Legacy House of Avondale to its portfolio. The 169-unit Class-A assisted living/memory care community is in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, with a strong operational footing. Clarion Partners further expanded its relationship with MorningStar Senior Living through the deal, partnering with the operator to manage the community. Clarion plans to focus on rate optimization and expense efficiencies to further enhance performance. Earlier in April, Clarion also announced the purchase of Golden Ridge in Peoria, Arizona, partnering with MorningStar on that deal too.  Amy Sitzman, Ryan Chase and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the sale,... Read More »